Foreordination

The word "foreordination" has several distinct connotations within Mormonism that distinguish its meaning from the word "predesination" as it has come to be used within many Christian writings since the time of John Calvin.

Foreordination recognizes that God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ have foreknowledge of historical events of this earth and individual actions of God's spirit children before they occur in mortal time, because time is not a barrier to their omniscience, for "all things are present before mine eyes;" (D & C 38:2) "past, present, and future are continually before the Lord." (D & C 130:7) God the Father declared to Moses, "all things are present with me, for I know them all." (Moses 1:6) Alma stated, "all is as one day with God, and time only is measured unto men." (Alma 40:8)